What words do scholars use to identify early Greek comic plays (i.e. plays that
happened before the end of the Peloponnesian war, when there was still a relatively high
degree of freedom of speech in Athens)?
a) Old comedy
b) New comedy
c) Goat song
d) Freedom comedies
e) None of the above
a
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The first movement of Dvo?ák's "American" Quartet is
a. in sonata form b. a theme and variations c. in rondo form d. in ABA form c. None of these choices
Commedia characters did not wear costumes.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
As a result of the Irish music revival of the 1960s, traditional music
A. was increasingly performed by professional touring groups. B. was played almost exclusively, as musicians avoided performing music that suggested even traces of influences from jazz, rock, or other nontraditional styles. C. was increasingly performed in homes rather than in pubs or concert halls. D. was much more frequently performed to accompany dancing than in the past.
Ratso Rizzo, the character that Dustin Hoffman plays in Midnight Cowboy, is used in the text as an example of
A. an interpretive performance. B. a performance made real partly through the use of a trick or gimmick. C. a performance that relied heavily on dramatic acting. D. a role that stereotyped Hoffman for years to come.